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called theHimalayan Matterhorn), shimmering amongst
the clouds at an elevation of 25,500 feet. Tirach Mir,
north of Chitral, is another gigantic, square-headed mass,
the summit of which is also above the 25,000 foot line ;
and there are countless other peaks, subordinate indeed
to these, but still towering manv thousands of feet above

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Fic. 22.— Routes in Kashmir

the highest of the European Alps. The main waterparting
 of the Hindu Kush is comparatively low, falling
to 12,500 feet between Gilgit and the Pamirs. It is the
lofty peaks of its great southern spurs which group themselves
 together into such a combination of magnificent
altitude—only rivalled by the highest mountain group in
the world. From the intersecting mountain chains of
the Pamirs, dividing the Little from the Great Pamir, at